Fairytale quotation

[Natalie Kononenko]

Things like this don't really have sources.  If you are trying to see where
a particular author found this motif, that may welll be possible.  But in
general terms - no.  The signpost or stone or other marker at a crossroads
appears in a number of cultures.  If anyone can trace specific uses of a
praticular motif, it would probably be Will Ryan.  Hopefully he will also
reply to this query.

Natalie Kononenko

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:11 PM, dusty wilmes <upthera44 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Does anyone know the origin (or any sources, for that matter) of the
> fairytale motif in Russian that begins: "На лево пойдешь - пропадешь. На
> право пойдешь..."
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> --
> Justin Wilmes
> Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
> Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
> Ohio State University
>
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